Long-term services and supports (LTSS), including care received at home and in residential
settings such as nursing homes, are highly racially segregated; Black, Indigenous, and …

While nursing homes were insulated from civil-rights enforcement at the time of the
implementation of the Medicare program and lagged behind other parts of the health sector …

Long-term services and supports for older persons in the United States are provided in a
complex, racially segregated system, with striking racial disparities in access, process, and …

Medicaid managed care enrollees who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups
have historically reported worse care experiences than White enrollees. Few recent studies …

A growing body of evidence documents pervasive racial, ethnic, and class disparities in long-
term care in the United States. At the same time, major quality improvement initiatives are …

We describe the racial segregation in US nursing homes and its relationship to racial
disparities in the quality of care. Nursing homes remain relatively segregated, roughly …

Policy makers and practitioners have yet to successfully understand and eliminate persistent
racial differences in health care quality. Interventions to address these racial health care …

Racial and ethnic inequities in the US health care system have been unremitting since the
beginning of the country. In the 19th and 20th centuries, segregated black hospitals were …

Racial disparities in health-care access, quality and outcomes are pervasive and persistent.
Racism is a fundamental driver of racial disparities. Individuals and institutions in the health …

Health, as defined by the World Health Organization,“is a state of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” 1 It is a simple …